Re: Wallstreet vs iBook G3-G4

2005-05-06 Thread Mikael Byström
Matt and Sue Halter said: My wallstreet w/bluechip 466 G3 will run many programs faster under OSX than my 800 G4 iBook, even though I have 640 mb ram in the iBook and only 256 in the WS. I think it has to do with the difference in L2 cache size as much as anything. Just speculation though.

Re: over quota notification from server

2005-05-03 Thread Mikael Byström
John McGibney said: Actually the original post and answers were appropriate. The original poster had no idea what the message meant, why he still got it after troubleshooting, nor what his next step should be. My advice to get in touch with the email support for the specific service was sound

Re: over quota notification from server

2005-05-03 Thread Mikael Byström
Bruce Johnson said: Because no one is *asking* hardware questions. Nor is this list exclusively hardware...look at the description on LEM: I do once in while. I rarely get a response, like as if my questions are uninteresting or just too hard to answer. I find them quite basic and important for

bye bye and bless you all

2005-05-03 Thread Mikael Byström
As my titanium related questions seem uninteresting for the rest of you, maybe you own different machines, and I'm kinda tired only being able to really help wallstreet owners, I'm unsubscribing. I'm would like to thank you all for any info you shared and advice given or received. I also

Re: over quota notification from server

2005-05-02 Thread Mikael Byström
D. Goglin said: Could anyone please tell me why I keep receiving notifications from my internet server that I'm over quota on my email. Obviously because you ask a hardware list something you should be asking your email provider. Why are we supposed to be support for them? If this list is

thermal transfer material in the Powerbook G4s

2005-05-01 Thread Mikael Byström
550 Gigabit Ethernet Powerbook G4 and a 400 Mercury: I need advice on the best way to reapply thermal transfer material between the CPU and the heat exchanger. I only have this sticky white noname stuff called cooling paste. I have yet to find a source for the green material Apple uses. The local

Re: Wallstreet Modem Not Recognized

2005-04-29 Thread Mikael Byström
Cliff Rediger said: Mikael, where it the network panel to which you refer? Uhm, in System preferences in Mac OS X. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished

Re: Installing 10.3 on a WS

2005-04-29 Thread Mikael Byström
Tom Peterson said: Turn off L2 cache, this is in the readme Actually, I think this is not necessary anymore and at the very least one doesn't have to keep the L2 cache turned off in ordet to run 10.3 on a wallstreet. Many cited problems in the XPF documentation was only around in the Alpha and

Re: Wallstreet Modem Not Recognized

2005-04-28 Thread Mikael Byström
Kenneth Vann said: Anyone experience this type of problem? If so, how did you fix it? I had this exact problem after the update to 10.3.2. I turned off IPv6 in the network panel and rebooted. Problem gone. With OS 9 I'm not sure how this is related, but there you go. -- G-Books is sponsored

Re: Wallstreet saga continues

2005-04-28 Thread Mikael Byström
Gene Osburn said: Can't use two batteries at once, nor battery and expansion drive at the same time. Anyone else seen this kind of thing in their 'Book? Is the power board between the bays the likely culprit here? please redefine Can't use. What do you mean specifically? What happens or

Re: Which Mac OS X/Virtual PC version for my Wallstreet?

2005-04-27 Thread Mikael Byström
Pacer said: Thanks for hte tip on Virtual PC 5. I will definitely have to keep an eye out for it. Too bad it is not out in retail -- I have about 4 Windows 98 SE CDs and licenses that are currently unused I could put on it, not to mention the 5 Windows 95 licenses and CDs and the two DOS 5

Re: Real Player for X

2005-04-25 Thread Mikael Byström
Geoffrey Loeffler said: If not how is the new Real Player For RealMedia like RealVideo and RealAudio I think it's sufficient enough. I wouldn't use it for anything else. For Windows Media I use VLC and in rare cases WMP. Soon because of software patents Macs may once again be as *cked as before

Re: Limewire

2005-04-21 Thread Mikael Byström
Bruce Johnson said: At the same time, 85% of all the traffic in the dorms was shown to be napster/grokster/kazaa/limewire related. At these levels it isn't just some nusiance, it's a significant detriment to network availability for legitimate use.) That's what these technologies, starting

Re: Limewire (OT)

2005-04-21 Thread Mikael Byström
Tim Collier said: Interesting answer. I was thinking as I read it.hmmm, no music industry, then nobody to pay artists, no artists being paid, no music! What a sad, sad world that would be. So you have a hard time getting it or what? My point was that the record companies of *now*, ie as

Re: Wallstreet battery probs?

2005-04-21 Thread Mikael Byström
Laurent Daudelin said: It could also be the PRAM battery, but I think that the main batteries have to be in working order for the PRAM battery to recharge. I have charged batteries with a dead PRAM on the Wallstreet II and also had a working PRAM hold the data (dates and so on) without a working

Re: Limewire

2005-04-20 Thread Mikael Byström
Brian said: The relevance is that I am trying to figure out if one day I'll get in legal trouble just for having it on my hard drive, give the implications of a program like this. Today, no. In the future, who knows. I know the EU countries have been persuaded by the film and music companies

Re: few newbie questions

2005-04-19 Thread Mikael Byström
Bruce Johnson said: 3) I take it the choice was either a CD-RW drive or a DVD-CD Rom, which is what I got. Is the swap easy? Is there a third party option to have both? Replacing the drive on these is reasonably easy, see pbfixit.com for both instructions and parts/prices. Personally,

Re: Auto back-up program recommendations ?

2005-04-19 Thread Mikael Byström
Amber said: Can anybody suggest a reliable auto back-up program or Applescript for OS X apps ? I am regularly adding new photos to iPhoto, as well as many new entries to iCal and my address book. I would really like to have a program/script that would automatically back up the new additions

Re: NVRAM reset and dead motherboard

2005-04-19 Thread Mikael Byström
Daniel Colwell said: So... Could running these instructions fry a motherboard? I don't know exactly what type of Powerbook his daughter has. I could find out if needed. I don't think so, but sometimes a machine under this treatment can seem dead for a couple of days, for reasons unknown to

Re: Should I Consider Buying G4 Titanium

2005-04-19 Thread Mikael Byström
Bruce Johnson said: The main issue with TiBooks is the poor Airport range. Which is solved by a PCMCIA airport card. I have the Orinoco Gold. A non problem as far as I'm concerned. Also, the early PB G4s have about 12% more pixels compared to the Pismo and from the 667DVI and on, there is about

Re: Limewire

2005-04-19 Thread Mikael Byström
Brian said: what I find shady is his insistance on limewire as a means of obtaining software titles. He never mentioned to file, chat etc features. Brian And you don't peruse the web because there is porn out there? Ehum. How is this on topic anyway? -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: OS X bootable with iMac CD (wasRe: Ti 1ghz)

2005-04-14 Thread Mikael Byström
Muddle Man said: I did this on my wife's MDD G4. There was a control strip module causing Classic to crash. I was shocked when I booted off the OS 9 CD and could not see the internal hard drive. No need to panic. It's just because the OS 9 drivers were not installed during the factory format...

Re: web page design

2005-04-13 Thread Mikael Byström
Thomas Bridgeland said: I want to design a small web site. A few pics, some links, not too much. Can you suggest a helpful book to read first? And a good application to use? Thanks. While a bit dated, the classic Creating Killer Websites http://

Re: Recording records/tapes (thanks)

2005-04-08 Thread Mikael Byström
Hector I.Macedo said: I think that you are in a privileged minority, I, like many others who love music do not have either the ear nor the training to distinguish slight variations in tone or sound. This is NOT slight variations. This the difference of viewing music as something which purpose

Re: Recording records/tapes (thanks)

2005-04-08 Thread Mikael Byström
Seth Austen said: Although 24/96 is available, many pro engineers are still recording projects at 44.1 or 48. You can really mess up the sonic qualities of the audio from poorly done conversions from 96 to 44.1 rendering it worse than just recording at a lower level to begin with. Good point.

Re: Wallstreet-more confusion

2005-04-07 Thread Mikael Byström
Beniamino Cenci Goga said: I would suggest the lowendmac.com, where we all come from! Thanks, that was too obvious. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished

Re: Issue with G3 Wallstreet

2005-04-07 Thread Mikael Byström
on 06/04/05 23:03, Nima at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have this G3 Wallstreet with battery issues. The battery is not dead because I got a brand new one and a separate charger--I can charge the battery and see the machine recognize it and use the charge, but it won't recharge the battery.

Re: Recording records/tapes (thanks)

2005-04-07 Thread Mikael Byström
I would never digitize vinyl with an iMic! It's inferior sound quality. Do you guy hate music or what? Cheeezh! 24 bit / 96Khz is minimum standards these days for recording and is only a few hundred dollars, less second hand. There are alternatives for PCMCIA, USB as well FireWire. Why would

Re: Thoughts on a trade

2005-04-07 Thread Mikael Byström
Muddle Man said: As I understand it, a dual processor is only about 1/3 faster than it's actual Mhz rating in OS X (since OS X supports dual processors). Not with Logic and Maya! What are your sources for that claim if 1/3 faster? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...

Re: Wallstreet-more confusion

2005-04-04 Thread Mikael Byström
Malcolm Cornelius said: The 12in is lower res - 832 x 624 rather than the 1024 x 768 of the 13 14. Ok, my bad. I have been very ignorant of any 12 model, I'm afraid. Everymac doesn't specify the 12. The cacheless Wallstreet 12 seem to also have been available in 800 x 600 pixels, as I saw this

Re: Three Wallstreet/OS X Questions

2005-04-04 Thread Mikael Byström
Andrew Kershaw said: Will the ATIRagePro.kext hack be of any benefit for me? Backup after succesful installation with CCC or whatever and do it last. I had both problems and success, but didn't notice much improvement. Maybe 2-4%. 512MB RAM will give you a more substantial and reliable boost.

Re: Thoughts on a trade

2005-04-04 Thread Mikael Byström
Orlando Mac Geek said: Titanium Powerbook 667 I am thinking of trading for a dual G4-450 desktop. Anyone out there have any thoughts on the performace difference of the two assuming 768 Mb of RAM in both? What kind of work do you do? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...

Re: Choking on Yahoo Mail, OSX, ADSL, Firefox, adfarm.mediaplex.com ads

2005-04-02 Thread Mikael Byström
Laurent Daudelin said: [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Thanks, Laurent. I just checked e-mailanywhere.com. They claim it works best with Internet Explorer. This means they are windows oriented? Is there a Linux/Unix webmail-based service that will work from any Windows or Mac 'puter

Re: Pismo LG DVD Drive

2005-04-02 Thread Mikael Byström
Chad Swarthout said: Any sources for affordable replacements or something I can do to keep this drive working I got one from Wegener Media http://www.wegenermedia.coma few years back. They have both Panasonic and LG, but you need a Panasonic bezel for the Panasonic drive, so unless you're handy

Re: Wallstreet II Battery Suddenly Fails. . .

2005-04-02 Thread Mikael Byström
Laurent Daudelin said: If all else fails, then I'm afraid that the Power Management Unit (PMU) in your Wallstreet has been toasted. There could certainly be more reasons to the described symptoms. No reason to assume the worst. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small

Re: Wallstreet-more confusion

2005-04-02 Thread Mikael Byström
alienbill said: Is one with a 12 screen really the exact same size overall as those with 13.3 and 14.1 screens, and even Lombards? The display have the same amount of pixels in each model on a smaller area, but the machines themselves are exactly as big as is the display house, so there's only

iPod Mini sync to non USB-2 machine

2005-03-29 Thread Mikael Byström
My ex-GF bought an iPod Mini and have great problems syncing it to anything as she have only USB-1 connectors on the PC and iBook 366 that she uses. She also don't have a firewire cable as these babies come with USB-2 cables only. I thought they'd be backwards compatible and only being slower,

Re: CCLEngine attempts net connection every hour

2005-03-29 Thread Mikael Byström
Bruce Johnson said: This is likely because the modem is at the top of the network connections list? In the network control pane Network port confidurations section you can drag the things up and down to re-arrange the order they're tried in, Hmm, this I haven't thought about. I rearranged it.

stereo to mono sound in a powerbook g4

2005-03-26 Thread Mikael Byström
Is there any way to make a powerbook g4 play stereo sound or at least stereo sound from a dvd in mono? I was kinda expecting Audio/MIDI app to be able to do that, but no. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished

CCLEngine attempts net connection every hour

2005-03-26 Thread Mikael Byström
Every hour at h:13 I get an attempt to connect to the net. I see this in the log: /usr/libexec/CCLEngine: Version 2.0 /usr/libexec/CCLEngine: Dialing [ISPno] What's CCLEngine? Is it just the modem control commands. If so, any suggestions for evaluating what process that initiates the

Re: CCLEngine attempts net connection every hour

2005-03-26 Thread Mikael Byström
Bruce Johnson said: Check date and time settings...is it trying to contact a network time server? (kind of unusual an hourly thing, though) Software update might be trying too, but again, an hourly update is unusual. I should have mentioned that I have Little Snitch installed. The only apps that

Re: Wallstreet Modem not found

2005-03-20 Thread Mikael Byström
CR said: When I had this problem with a WS II (PDQ) using Panther, I made a full reinstall including PRAM and NVRAM reset, leaving the battery out Ok, I meant I left the *backup* battery out for 15 minutes. I see, but I seem to recall seeing a post that indicated a keystroke initiation of

Re: Wallstreet Modem not found

2005-03-18 Thread Mikael Byström
Mikael Byström said: When I had this problem with a WS II (PDQ) using Panther, I made a full reinstall including PRAM and NVRAM reset, leaving the battery out Ok, I meant I left the *backup* battery out for 15 minutes. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: Wallstreet Modem not found

2005-03-17 Thread Mikael Byström
Luis Sequeira said: Is it possible that the modem card has become unseated slightly from the Logic Board of the Powerbook ? ADi I have the exact same symptoms, but on a TiBook (1GHz). I had guessed that the modem might be unseated, but the trouble is it is very hard to reach (having to

thermal transfer material in PBG4 ?

2005-03-16 Thread Mikael Byström
Anyone have suggestions what the thermal transfer material (1) used on the CPU on Powerbook G4 logic board is? I have used cooling paste before on the Powerbook G3s, but I suspect this is something else? The repair manual indicates I should use new materials, so implicitly it's bad idea to reuse

Re: Only 256 Meg of 512 Meg RAM is recognized

2005-03-15 Thread Mikael Byström
Tim Collier said: Yes, I know you can get RAM for much less and in the past, I have purchased it from other sources but rarely had a good experience. I can afford it.so I buy it. Fact of life. Even if I were loaded with money I wouldn't out of principle. Perhaps give the difference to

Re: Headsets

2005-03-10 Thread Mikael Byström
Anyone know whether the Sennheiser pc 145 usb is truly Mac compatible? http://www.softjam.co.uk/products/index.php?prodref=CU- SEN145USBtimestmp=1110472203470 -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | --

Re: video out

2005-03-10 Thread Mikael Byström
pamark said: use the Clamshell ibook to do presentations? (is there anything you can buy to connect it to a TV?) Well don't your model have the media port with video plus audio on the left side? At least the second edition (366 and 466) have that. You didn't tell us what model of clamshell you

Re: Souped up G3 Wallstreet

2005-03-09 Thread Mikael Byström
Nima said: I have a G3 Wallstreet (the roadkill) which I have upgraded with a 20 gig HD, a Crescendo WS/G3 550 mghz board, 288 Ram, and have changed the screen from the bogus 12 inch to the decent 14.1... I am running OS 10.1.5... Does anyone think I will have any issues installing 10.2.8?

Re: Peripheral buying advice needed (slightly OT)

2005-03-04 Thread Mikael Byström
Luis Sequeira said: Another option, also usb, is from Elgato. In addition to their EyeTV firewire products, they have just introduced EyeTV wonder usb. It seems to be even cheaper than the Miglia product. But all the encoding is done on the Mac, so you better have a fast Mac. Also, if one lugs

Re: Powerbook Wall Street 266Mhz Problems

2005-02-10 Thread Mikael Byström
Adrian Carter said: I sourced a pair of hinges and a replacement video cable at reasonable cost and set about replacing them. I was very careful in replacing the ribbon and the hinges (the ribbon is a fiddly job but I got it in place so it rested in the intended way). However when it came to

Older G4 Not booting in OS 9

2005-02-10 Thread Mikael Byström
Any ideas for why an older G4, like a 400 or 500 wouldn't boot into OS 9? OS X (10.3.7) works both from several discs and several CDs. But no known Bootable OS 9 CDs, like repair CDs or OS 9 installation CDs work. Same discs boot other similar machines. All I get is the dreadful grey screen. I

Re: Older G4 Not booting in OS 9

2005-02-10 Thread Mikael Byström
Laurent Daudelin said: I would risk to say that you probably haven't the right version of OS 9 to boot from on this machine. There has been quite a few different versions of the installation CDs for OS 9 along with a few updates. What you need to make sure you have is the full install retail CD,

Re: AirPort in TiBook ???

2005-02-04 Thread Mikael Byström
Larry le Mac said: Anyone have any experience of the difference between AirPort in the TiBook vs. PCMCIA card with an external antenna ? Never mind about makes/models as I live in Sweden and we probably don't have all the different makes you have, and I'd probably get a decent make in any case.

Re: Backup

2005-02-02 Thread Mikael Byström
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I don't remember installing Déjà Vu, but when I have an internal CD- Burner installed it's visible in System Preferences. It's possible to choose Toast as the target. Did this app come with OS X or some other package? Anyone know? Have Toast? It is installed as part

Re: Backup

2005-02-01 Thread Mikael Byström
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: 2) Deja Vu is fantastic if you regularly connect to an external drive or, in the case of a desktop if you have more than one drive internal or external. It backups up user specified folders on a schedule you set. My directory is backed up daily at work while I am at lunch

Re: Wallstreet start up

2005-01-30 Thread Mikael Byström
James Sanderson said: What would keep a WS from starting up with a fully charged battery? The battery indicates that it is fully charged. The computer starts up just fine with the adaptor connected. When the computer is on the indicator says that the battery is fully charged. I have

Re: web page capture

2005-01-30 Thread Mikael Byström
Bruce Johnson said: No. This is how it works in Safari, Firefox and IE. It's just that the explanation was convoluted. How does Safari and Firefox save the photos? I don't see this possibility in Safari. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: End of life?

2005-01-26 Thread Mikael Byström
Jeff Hubatka said: most people believe that the size of the G5 and heat sink necessary precludes that from going into the current Powerbook. Perhaps so, but IBM had a slower G5 version for portables already when the G5s were introduced in 2003. I'm not sure if improved versions of that chip

Re: iBook CD ROM dead, Install question. HELP

2005-01-25 Thread Mikael Byström
Alex Santos 100MB Neostrada Mail said: I installed it over FW, it is original 9.1 CD which came with the first release of OX and it wouldn't boot either, is that indicative of anything? Are you trying to boot into OS 9 as opposed to into classic? Did you choose the partition/drive and the

Anyone here have changed lightbulb in the PB G4 series?

2005-01-24 Thread Mikael Byström
I need to know as much as possible in order to plan for possibly opening one up and exchange the bulbs. Hopefully it's the invertor board that's acting up, but it has been ruled out earlier by a third party. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Playing DVDs on a Wallstreet running OSX

2005-01-24 Thread Mikael Byström
Mark Kippert said: I recently installed OSX on my wife's 300MHz Wallstreet. It has the DVD player with PC card decoder. I forgot that OSX does not support the decoder card. Does anybody have a solution to recommend? I think the only way is upgrading to a G4 and using VLC. On the other hand a PB

Re: Playing DVDs on a Wallstreet running OSX

2005-01-24 Thread Mikael Byström
Andrew F. said: Mplayer is another non-Apple decoder, but this and most likely VLC will require more horsepower than any Wallstreet can offer, unless processor upgraded. Mplayer (the proper version, not the dead end) requires significantly less horsepower than VLC. -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: Playing DVDs on a Wallstreet running OSX

2005-01-24 Thread Mikael Byström
Ben Dyer said: Neither does the PDQ's (also commonly referred to as the Wallstreet, but actually a different model) It's actually referred to sometimes as the Wallstreet II. Some parts are interchangeable, but not all. I've opened the different WS's about 50 times and have another one this

Re: Orinoco Gold on PBG4 troubleshooting...

2005-01-20 Thread Mikael Byström
Mikael Byström said: How do you know the card isn't being detected? Thing is that when I go to the IOXperts panel in System Prefs, there's not even an indication that there is anything at all going on. I don't get to try and tell what network to logon to or whatever, because there is NOTHING

Re: backlighting turned off suddenly in PB G4 / 550

2005-01-14 Thread Mikael Byström
the invertor board and display from it just to see if any of those parts is the problem. Then buy this part 2nd hand and replace it for good. Are these particular parts from the 400 and 550 compatible to your knowledge? Mikael Byström said: I have a Powerbook G4 / 550 here that ocassionally suddenly

Powerbook G4 400 faster than 550?

2005-01-13 Thread Mikael Byström
I thought the 16 MB VRAM in the ATY,RageM6 would offset the smaller amount of L2 cache and inferior CPU architecture in the other generation of the G4 processor that the 550 and onwards have. But the PB 550 feels noticably slower. So, is the next logical change a 867 or faster? I do have an

Re: PB G4/400 freezes suddenly. Heat? - Update (not heat or fan)

2005-01-13 Thread Mikael Byström
, and it seems unlogical that logical errors on the disc would cause problems on one machine and not on another? Or am I wrong? Any further suggestions and even wild speculation are more than welcome at this point. What data can I measure with my disc? It has SMART. Can that help me? Mikael Byström said

Re: PB G4/400 freezes suddenly. Heat? (wasRe: LaCie drive forcesleeps TiBook 400)

2005-01-12 Thread Mikael Byström
Mikael Byström said: using a firewire disc I meant drive obviously. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End

Re: Pismo OSX upgrade

2005-01-12 Thread Mikael Byström
Bruce Johnson said: Apple has designed OS X with the idea in mind that root is NOT ALLOWED to log in. Don't second-guess them in this. This is not completely true. In Mac OS X *Server* root access is on from the get go. But you're right, that Mac OS X Client is designed to be able to

backlighting turned off suddenly in PB G4 / 550

2005-01-11 Thread Mikael Byström
I have a Powerbook G4 / 550 here that ocassionally suddenly turns off the backlight after just a short time of use. Typically when I read the display for just under a minute and then press the space bar. I can see the makeouts of the picture, but the backlight is off. Turning the controls doesnt

Re: PB G4/400 freezes suddenly. Heat? (wasRe: LaCie drive forcesleeps TiBook 400)

2005-01-11 Thread Mikael Byström
problems with the PB G4, more complicated problems in the wallstreets and Pismos, but this kind of freeze problem in a PB G4 is new to me. Mikael Byström said: It just got Worse! Three times since this drive encounter my whole machine have frozen 4+ times. It just freeze and there is nothing you

Re: Apple menu additions

2005-01-09 Thread Mikael Byström
Marcin Wichary said: And, spring-loaded folders actually do *not* work in dock... try to drag a file into your Applications folder or Trash in dock and hover over it. This feature should be added though. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Oh mega crap

2005-01-09 Thread Mikael Byström
Bruce Johnson said: Simply decoupling the data from the medium does not impose an obligation on the seller to provide a replacement copy of the data in perpetuity. No, but since the seller isn't likely to have sold the data just because they are requesting it anew, the seller would gain

Re: Can Macs read DVD +R disks ?

2005-01-09 Thread Mikael Byström
Jacob said: *However*, not all +R discs may work, a +R disc is apparently readable in 80% of dvd drives whilst -R is readable in drives. in drives? Appearently to what source? The general rule of thumb is that recent computers should be able to read pretty much any format, but if one doesn't

Re: Weird OS X problem

2005-01-09 Thread Mikael Byström
John McGibney said: 3. use the install CD, don1t install. select disk utility from the pull-down menu run repair disk from the application run repair permissions after disk repair done. repair permissons should be done while booted from the startup disk. If not, they could be set to

Re: Dance through the OS Xs

2005-01-07 Thread Mikael Byström
George Mogiljansky said: Not being an expert, I will paraphrase others: That was already obvious, thank you. Classic had many versions, each one better than the previous. OSX has very startling differences, effectively an entirely new OS in 10.1, 10.2, 10.3. Yes? How was this connected to

Re: Ram in a Wallstreet

2005-01-06 Thread Mikael Byström
Fabian Fang said: Malcolm Cornelius[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's no RAM 'on board' on any G3 series Powerbook. The Kanga is a G3 PowerBook. It has 32-Mb RAM on the logic board. The Kanga is, however, not of the Powerbook G3 *series*! Only the Wallstreets/PDQ - 233(nocache cache), 250, 266,

Re: OT-trouble with webpages loading

2005-01-06 Thread Mikael Byström
Dean said: Anyone know where I can get a shiny new G5 cheep! That's easy, sign up for a smaller job and make them pay you with a G5. Make sure you estimate so you have a high hourly rate. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Upgrading Hard Disk + OS 9 and OS X partition anecdote

2005-01-06 Thread Mikael Byström
I make it a point to not install OS 9 drivers. The few apps I use are the 4D 6.8 compiler and Loop app Infinity, which can run under Classic. Besides those there is nothing I need in OS 9 and I don't want to waste my time there. I even turn down support for OS 9 problems as I can't be bothered

PB G4/400 freezes suddenly. Heat? (wasRe: LaCie drive forcesleeps TiBook 400)

2005-01-06 Thread Mikael Byström
°C. Mikael Byström said earlier: Anyone know what this can be about? I sleep my TiBook 4oo with powercord in, insert a cordpowered firewiredrive and the machine refuses to wake up. It's not off, but HD seems to not spin up, just kinda sims about and display is dark. Three finger salute with drive

Re: Dance through the OS Xs

2005-01-06 Thread Mikael Byström
George Mogiljansky said: Oh, yes, Halo (whazzat?) reminds me of Haloscan, that ubiquitous blogger Comments box SW. Opening that box crashes Firefox (!) on the 10.3.7-armed WS Series II with 512 MB Ram ADSL. But no crashes on an ancient, if slightly wheezing, 9500 G3-upgraded 9.1-using 384

LaCie drive forcesleeps TiBook 400

2005-01-05 Thread Mikael Byström
Anyone know what this can be about? I sleep my TiBook 4oo with powercord in, insert a cordpowered firewiredrive and the machine refuses to wake up. It's not off, but HD seems to not spin up, just kinda sims about and display is dark. Three finger salute with drive disconnected, machine boots up

LaCie drive forcesleeps TiBook 400

2005-01-05 Thread Mikael Byström
Anyone know what this can be about? I sleep my TiBook 4oo with powercord in, insert a cordpowered firewiredrive and the machine refuses to wake up. It's not off, but HD seems to not spin up, just kinda sims about and display is dark. Three finger salute with drive disconnected, machine boots up

Re: Jaguar Install on Wallstreet

2005-01-04 Thread Mikael Byström
Timothy Domst said: The conventional wisdom is that cheap RAM sticks often cause bad OSX installs, if you have a doubt about a stick then take it out for the install and put it in after. No no, not this time. this is a known wallstreet condition and can be solved by rebooting once into OS 9,

Re: WS I and sleep

2005-01-03 Thread Mikael Byström
Alejandro said: I can asume that Panther was made to be installed on Wallstreets also but Without Support (there aren't ADB Macs supported by Panther). They may have been initially targeted, but explicit support removed some time before release. Or quite likely general changes in Panther

Re: screen sizes vs. reality

2005-01-03 Thread Mikael Byström
Amber said: it does play DVD's etc well. But viewing of the screen by more than one person is definitely not as enjoyable as with the 15.2 and 17. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check

Re: WS I and sleep

2005-01-02 Thread Mikael Byström
James Sanderson said: ... it could simply be a fluke. Now that is a positive thought! But it is strange how an unsupported Mac would have a number of 'small' issues fixed by an OS upgrade. Kyle, what do you think? Hey, it's XPostFacto that fixes those things (You can't install Panther on a

Re: Wireless Card for Wallstreet?

2005-01-02 Thread Mikael Byström
Jason Long said: Hey All, I'm wondering what kind of wireless card I should get for my 233MHz Wallstreet which I should be getting in the mail soon.. I already have a wireless network, the wireless router is a DI-514 D-link thanks for the ideas in advance... Orinoco Gold with Airport

Re: iBook vs. PB etc.

2005-01-02 Thread Mikael Byström
Aase Marit Waage said: One I can get, at a price that seems real OK (at least compared to the prices here in Norway) is a 12 iBook. The add says: G4, 1Ghz, new April 04, 768 MB RAM, 60 GB HD, Airport Extreme, OSX 10.3.6 (incl. Garageband and naturally all the others -- doesn't mean a thing to

Re: Video problems on WS I

2005-01-01 Thread Mikael Byström
James Sanderson said: However, I need to know what might be the cause of the video occasionally going blank. It looks like someone just upped the brightness to the extreme and I can't reset it unless I restart. Might it be the PMU? an inverter going out? If it's a 13 and the problem kind

Re: Ram in a Wallstreet/300 MHz

2005-01-01 Thread Mikael Byström
PETE said: I have 384 built-in-memory in my wallstreet; 128 MB bottom slot and 256 MB top slot. Can I put a 256 MB stick on the bottom slot without problems? Yes, but watch out for chip density. Here's a clip from an earlier discussion in the thread Adding RAM to WS II: Nils Said: On Fri, May

Re: Less is more or Bigger is better

2005-01-01 Thread Mikael Byström
Andrew F. said: Of course, to be wide enough to give some benefit (15 and 17 PB) makes the machine too wide to be used well as a portable, making it really a portable desktop. Unless you think portable means moving around while in use I strongly disagree, at least for 15, which I feel is a good

Re: Less is more or Bigger is better

2005-01-01 Thread Mikael Byström
Andrew F. said: By the way, I am neither lazy nor out of shape, and the extra pound or more of a large laptop DOES make a difference when carried all day. Not in a backpack, it doesn't. This is definitively one of the best ways to carry a portable computer around. I don't notice a pound more

Re: Apple Mail

2004-12-27 Thread Mikael Byström
Andrew F. said: Where the older Entourage cannot compete with Mail is in spam filtering, which is much improved in Entourage 2004. SpamSieve fixes that. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check

Re: Entourage (Was: Apple Mail)

2004-12-27 Thread Mikael Byström
Frank P. Eigler said: Dennis B. Swaney wrote: Outlook Express was just a basic email program. Outlook itself is a Personal Information Manager (PIM) and contains email, contacts, calender, notes, plus a couple of more things. Entourage is the renamed Outlook for Macintosh. Nope. See below.

Re: Wallstreet

2004-12-27 Thread Mikael Byström
Ben Dyer said: My understanding is that the problem is in the PMU settings, not the PRAM. Do you remember a source? Steps 2 and 3 may well be unnecessary on some models, but are required on mine. As for pressing the brightness button, I find that it will only fix the problem if the backlight

Re: Transfer of saved e-mails/recommended e-mail app?

2004-12-24 Thread Mikael Byström
Michael Clarke said: Otherwise, there's got to be some way to export the data from the Powerbook to the iBook first? I found some scripts written by a gentleman name Paul Berkowitz that will perform this export/import for $20. data? If you're talking about email, I think all you need with

Re: Wallstreet

2004-12-24 Thread Mikael Byström
Ben Dyer said: This is a known issue with the Wallstreet under Jaguar. To fix this problem: * Restart into MacOS 9 * Put the Wallstreet to sleep * Wake it up again * Restart into Jaguar As I have stated earlier on-list, I have a differing experience in that step 2 and 3 above was unnecessary.

Re: Transfer of saved e-mails/recommended e-mail app?

2004-12-24 Thread Mikael Byström
Mikael Byström said: data? If you're talking about email, I think all you need with entourage is dragging the folders to the desktop, which will create a unix mailbox (I think). These will import into Entourage nicely, I'm pretty sure. Well, I *meant* Unix mailboxes will import into Mail. -- G

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